Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is attending the celebration of Moulid El-Nabi, or the Prophet Muhammad's birthday, at Al-Manara International Conference Center in Cairo. The president is expected to honor a number of Islamic clerics during the event. The Prophet's birthday is a holiday widely celebrated across Egypt and the Islamic world. The observance of the birthday of the Prophet is commemorated on the 12th of Rabi' al-awwal, the third month in the Islamic calendar, which falls this year on Thursday, 29 October. It will be a paid holiday for public and private sector workers. More to follow